Mechanisms of prey division in striped marlin, a marine group hunting predator

Affiliations

M. J. Hansen: Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
S. Krause: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences
F. Dhellemmes: Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
K. Pacher: Faculty of Life Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
R. H. J. M. Kurvers: Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
P. Domenici: IBF-CNR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Area di Ricerca San Cataldo, Via G. Moruzzi N°1
J. Krause: Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Abstract

Striped marlin use a dynamic prey division method when hunting as a group, taking turns to feed but without doing so equally.